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Duckworth demands answers on military response to protests
Senator says Trump, GOP stand in way of police reforms
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Ted CoxPolice Protests, Police Brutality Protests, Tammy Duckworth, Donald Trump, William Barr, James Mattis, Mark Esper, Colin Powell, Lindsey Graham, Mitch McConnell
Duckworth blisters Trump on 'misuse' of military
Senator says ‘five-time draft-dodging coward’ is only ‘causing more pain’
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Duckworth calls for FEMA probe on PPE
Project Air Bridge is a boondoggle benefiting private medical companies, charges senator
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, COVID-19, PPE, Tammy Duckworth, J.B. Pritzker, Project Air Bridge, FEMA, Supply Chain Stabilization Task Force, Craig Fugate, Joseph Cuffari
McCormick Place scaled back as state nears 2,000 COVID-19 deaths
Daily testing remains well above 10,000
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Ted CoxCoronavirus Testing, Chicago Coronavirus, Coronavirus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Testing, Chicago COVID-19, Illinois COVID-19 Toll, Illinois COVID-19, J.B. Pritzker, Ngozi Ezike, Tammy Duckworth, McCormick Place Alternate Care Facility, Vibra Hospital
Nursing homes spur COVID-19 deaths
State toll drops to 33 Sunday after tying single-day high of 125
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Ted CoxCoronavirus Testing, Chicago Coronavirus, Coronavirus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Testing, Chicago COVID-19, COVID-19 Disparities, Get Covered Illinois, Illinois COVID-19, J.B. Pritzker, Tammy Duckworth, Greg Harris, IDES, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare
Durbin, Duckworth ask COBRA funds for jobless
Durbin leads 17 Dem senators in letter calling for health-care relief similar to Great Recession
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Ted CoxDick Durbin, Tammy Duckworth, COBRA, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Stimulus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, Illinois COVID-19, U.S. Department of Labor, Mitch McConnell, Chuck Schumer, U.S. Unemployment, Illinois Unemployment
Duckworth, Durbin urge benefits for gig workers
Senators call out labor secretary for ‘narrow, ambiguous’ interpretation of COVID-19 relief bills
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Stimulus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, Illinois COVID-19, Tammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin, Eugene Scalia, U.S. Department of Labor, Gig Workers, 1099 Workers, Antonin Scalia
New single-day high with 330 fresh COVID-19 cases
State has 1,865 coronavirus cases; three new deaths bring total to 19
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Stimulus, Illinois Coronavirus, J.B. Pritzker, Michael Jacobson, Illinois Hotel & Lodging Association, Ngozi Ezike, COVID-19, Illinois Department of Public Health, Western Illinois University, Tammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin, Michael Frerichs, Illinois Department of Commerce, Lori Lightfoot
Poll backs monthly stimulus payments, rejects biz bailouts
Roosevelt Institute calls Republican plan on coronavirus ‘a failure’
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Illinois Coronavirus, Coronavirus Stimulus, Roosevelt Institute, Mitch McConnell, Economic Security Project, Data for Progress, Mike Konczal, Tammy Duckworth, Economic Policy Institute
Pritzker closes schools to slow coronavirus
State reports 14 new cases, bringing Illinois total to 46 COVID-19 patients
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, J.B. Pritzker, Ngozi Ezike, Illinois Public Schools, Carmen Ayala, Donald Trump, Tammy Duckworth, Kwame Raoul, Illinois Department of Public Health
Duckworth, Durbin call out EPA on EtO
Senators say proposed new rule on hazardous air pollutants ‘would allow highly elevated risks of cancer to persist’
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Ted CoxEtO Emissions, Ethylene Oxide, Tammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin, Andrew Wheeler, Sterigenics, Stop Sterigenics, Stop EtO in Lake County, Medline Industries, Vantage Specialty Chemicals
League of Women Voters marks century at its birthplace
Group endorses ERA drive, delivers belated celebration of Ida B. Wells
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Ted CoxLeague of Women Voters of Illinois, League of Women Voters, Ida B. Wells, Kwame Raoul, Bill Foster, Toni Preckwinkle, Robin Kelly, Sean Casten, Allyson Haut, Carrie Chapman Catt, Equal Rights Amendment, Juliana Stratton, Tammy Duckworth, 2020 U.S. Census, Michelle Duster
Why POTUS, SCOTUS are wrong on immigration
Trump’s ‘public charge’ rule would cut off immigrants who are critical to the growth and vitality of our communities large and small
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Ted CoxU.S. Population, U.S, U.S. Immigration, "Public Charge" Rule, U.S. Supreme Court, Tammy Duckworth, U.S. Census Bureau, American Immigration Council, U.S. Birth Rate, Toni Preckwinkle
Duckworth blasts Trump on Senate floor
‘My diaper-wearing 20-month-old has better impulse control than this president,’ says war hero
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Tammy Duckworth, Trump Iran, Qasem Soleimani, Monroe Doctrine, Truman Doctrine, Trump Doctrine, Rand Paul, Mike Lee, Adam Kinzinger
Durbin, Bustos rip Trump on ethanol
Senator says new EPA rule is ‘watered down,’ congresswoman calls it ‘complete failure’ for farmers
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Ted CoxCheri Bustos, Dick Durbin, Tammy Duckworth, Illinois Ethanol, Illinois Biofuels, Renewable Fuel Standard, EPA, Donald Trump, Robin Hanna, Illinois Institute of Rural Affairs, Western Illinois University, Illinois Farm Bureau
Work requirement for food stamps draws flak
Pritzker decries Trump plan to kick 140,000 Illinoisans off SNAP benefits as ‘ugliest possible tactics’
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Duckworth prompts feds to test Sauget
Agency that detected Willowbrook cancer cluster to monitor Veolia incinerator
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Ted CoxTammy Duckworth, Veolia North America Trade Waste Incinerator, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Sterigenics, Better Government Association, BGA, EPA, Sean O'Donnell, Willowbrook Cancer Cluster
BGA confirms Trump EPA cut staff, investigations
Region 5 Great Lakes inspections have plummeted 60 percent under President Trump
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Ted CoxEPA, Donald Trump, BGA, EPA Region 5, Felicia Chase, Nicole Cantello, Jerry Costello, Cathy Stepp, Tammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin, Ethylene Oxide, Sterigenics
Casten pins down EPA on science
New EPA ‘transparency’ rules would actually block scientific data, critics say
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Stop EtO asks Cullerton to advance phaseout bill
Duckworth, Durbin charge EPA is ‘rubber-stamping weak standards’ on ethylene oxide
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Ted CoxStop EtO, Stop Sterigenics, Stop EtO in Lake County, John Cullerton, Tammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin, Ethylene Oxide, EtO Emissions, Sterigenics, Medline Industries, Vantage Specialty Chemicals, J.B. Pritzker, John Curran, Melinda Bush, Jacqueline Collins, Syed Karim
